Drum, song and dance highlight Powwow
With strong personal, familial and spiritual traditions and a healthy dose of competition, the 37th annual Cherokee Powwow will…
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Next Liar’s Bench is June 15
The Liars Bench, a successful regional authentic, traditional southern Appalachian storytelling, music, poetry, drama and folk arts presentation, will play…
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Smoky Mountain Living magazine is seeking your photo submissions
Smoky Mountain Living prominently features images from across the southern Appalachians in each edition. Photo essays adhere to the issue’s…
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New artists join Waynesville gallery
Four artists with a mix of media and styles have been invited to join the Main Street Artists’ Co-Op in…
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Library to host free Aikido class
A free Aikido class for participants ages 16 and older will take place at 7 p.m. June 19 at the…
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Sing-A-Long-A-Sound of Music
By Shannan Mashburn • SMN Intern Singing, lonely goat herders, nuns, and Julie Andrews are just a few things Western…
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Café open at Stecoah
The Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center Schoolhouse Café is now open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays…
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Exhibit includes art, jewelry from Waynesville artist
Waynesville painter and jewelry artist Kel Tanner will have her work on display at the Swain County Center for the…
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Rayburn to lead lavender workshop
A “Crafting with Lavender” workshop will be held from 9 to 10:30 a.m. June 21 in the conference room of…
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Cullowhee Mountain ARTS spends week focused on pottery
Four ceramics workshops are being offered as part of the Cullowhee Mountain ARTS Summer Visual ART Series at Western Carolina…
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Haywood dedicates first quilt block on downtown walking trail
The Haywood County Arts Council will host a dedication ceremony for the “Stars & Stirrups” and “City Streets” quilt block…
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Pauly D to perform at Harrah’s
Harrah’s Cherokee Event Center will turn into an upscale night club when celebrity DJ and reality TV star Pauly D…
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Balsam Range to perform June 15
The Concerts on the Creek series will present Balsam Range from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. June 15 at the downtown…
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Teen events to feature trivia, journals, zombies
A series of summer events for teenagers will be held from June 20 to June 22 in the Program Room…
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Taste of Scotland Dinner is June 16
A Scottish Dinner will be held at 6 p.m. June 16 at the Mill Creek Country Club. A traditional Celtic…
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WCU announces summertime theater camp
Western Carolina University’s College of Fine and Performing Arts is hosting a theater summer camp from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. …
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Dog show to be held in Waynesville
The Western Carolina Dog Fanciers Association will host its annual American Kennel Club dog show from 8 a.m. to 3…
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Help your child maintain reading, writing skills
Western Carolina University is offering a two-week program in June designed to help young children maintain the reading and writing…
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Festival celebrates history of Cherokee, Appalachians
The Museum of the Cherokee Indian and the North Carolina Arts Council will celebrate thousands of years of southern Appalachian…
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This year’s International Festival Day planned for July 21
Haywood County Arts Council will hold International Festival Day in downtown Waynesville on July 21, a new date from previous…
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Nominations sought for Mountain Heritage Award
Western Carolina University is accepting nominations for the Mountain Heritage Award, an honor bestowed annually on one individual and one…
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HART presents Barbara Bates Smith in ‘Ivy Rowe’
Barbara Bates Smith will perform “Ivy Rowe” at the Haywood Arts Regional Theatre in Waynesville at 7:30 p.m. June 22-23,…
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Former Miss North Carolina to take stage at Lake Junaluska
Comedienne Jeanne Robertson will perform at 7 p.m. June 7 at Lake Junaluska’s Stuart Auditorium as a benefit for United…
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Broadway star to light up Highlands Performing Arts Center
Highlands Performing Arts Center will present “Broadway and More” with Glory Crampton at 8 p.m. June 23. Crampton is a…
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HART to hold auditions for ‘Lost In Yonkers’
The Haywood Arts Regional Theatre will hold auditions for its production of “Lost in Yonkers” at 6:30 p.m. June 17-18…
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Sylva businesses to host art stroll June 8
The Jackson County Visual Arts Association will host the Sylva Art Stroll beginning at 5 p.m. June 8 in downtown…
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Storyteller/naturalist to lead basket-weaving workshop, lecture
The Highlands Biological Foundation will host a basket-weaving workshop and nature lecture on June 14. Doug Elliott, a local storyteller…
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Deadline extended for OICA summer arts program
High school students and recent graduates have until June 6 to submit their applications for the Oconaluftee Institute for Cultural…
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Lorraine Conard Band to play in Jackson
The Lorraine Conard Band will play a free concert at 7 p.m. June 14 at the Jackson County Public Library.…
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Free outdoor concerts at WCU in June and July
Western Carolina University’s 2012 Summer Concert Series will start June 7. The shows will take place at 7 p.m. each…
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Rafe Hollister heads to Sylva June 8 for Concerts on the Creek
Haywood County-based band Rafe Hollister will perform in Sylva from 7:30-9:30 p.m. on June 8 as part of Concerts on…
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WCU Fine Art Museum offers exhibits throughout the summer
The Fine Art Museum at Western Carolina University will open a new exhibit “RE+ constructed” with a reception at 5…
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Local Cloth looking for area designers to feature in fashion show
Textile artists and fashion designers working within a 100-mile radius of Asheville are invited to submit entries for Project Handmade,…
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HCC to offer evening ‘Introduction to Bladesmithing’ course
Haywood Community College and the American Bladesmith Society will hold an “Introduction to Bladesmithing” course from 6-10 p.m. June 18-19…
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The Bascom to host Family Fun Day June 9
The Bascom, a visual arts center in Highlands, will hold a Family Fun Day from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.…
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Kids, hone your hula hooping skills
Kelly Jewell-Timco will lead a hula hooping class at 4 p.m. June 13 at the Jackson County Public Library. This…
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Summer art workshops offered in Cullowhee
Cullowhee Mountain ARTS is gearing up for its Youth Week art workshops for children ages 5 and up from July…
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Waynesville prepares for second-annual Appalachian Lifestyle Celebration
Downtown Waynesville will transform into a Mecca for Appalachian heritage geeks and for people who want to learn more about…
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‘Vincent’ to stage in Highlands
Highlands Performing Arts Center will perform a two-weekend run of the play “Vincent.” Performances are at 7:30 p.m. June 7-9…
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International Festival Day moved to July 21
Folkmoot USA has changed the date of its popular International Festival Day celebration to July 21. The event will take…
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‘Let’s Talk About It’ book series focuses on Civil War
Since it is the 150th anniversary of Civil War, the Waynesville library has decided to make the momentous war the…
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Carden’s new play to premiere in Greensboro
The world premiere of Outlander, a play written by Gary Carden of Sylva and Horace Frank Lee of Bryson City,…
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Summer reading programs focus on dreaming big
Registration has begun for the “Dream Big – Read” summer reading program at the Marianna Black Library in Bryson City…
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Book arts workshops at City Lights
Jackson County Visual Arts Association will present two workshops on book arts from 9 a.m. to noon on June 2…
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Arts association to host reception during ‘Sylva After Dark’
The Jackson County Arts Association will hold an artist reception as part of “Sylva After Dark” from 6 p.m. to…
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Gourd Art Festival in Cherokee
The 10th annual Gourd Artists Gathering and Art Festival will be held at the fairgrounds in Cherokee from 1 to…
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Leapin’ Frog Gallery to hold collage workshop
The Leapin’ Frog Gallery in Waynesville will host a workshop on mixed media abstract collages from 11 a.m. to 2…
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WWII display to stop in Franklin
A World War II exhibit from the Museum of Military Memorabilia in Naples, Fla., will travel to Franklin in June.…
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Motorcycle ride comes to Maggie Valley
“Thunder On the Parkway,” a new motorcycle ride from Gainesville, Ga., to Maggie Valley, will take place from June 8-10.…
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‘Celebrating Appalachia’ exhibit to open at Gallery 86
Haywood County Arts Council’s will host an artist reception for its new exhibit, “Celebrating Appalachia,” from 6-9 p.m., June 1,…
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